Princeton FRC work

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Re: Princeton FRC work

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The presentation by Stephanie Thomas was really good. They are still at least 5 years and 50 million USD away from a break even reactor, though.
Would be cool to see this funded, though. Their reactor concept is very interesting and extremely compact.
Direct link to the recording of her presentation:
https://livestream.com/viewnow/NIAC2017 ... /163399149
Her segment starts at about 25 minutes into the video.

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Princeton Satellite Systems put the final report for their NIAC Phase 1 work online:
http://www.psatellite.com/wp-content/up ... istrib.pdf

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Interview with Sam Cohen from PPPL on his PFRC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hypz3Qvq2Qs

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Presentation by Sam Cohen at the ENN Symposium on Compact Fusion Reactor Technology:
http://www.ennresearch.com/uploads/PDF/ ... -Cohen.pdf

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Princeton Fusion Systems, which is a subsidiary of Princeton Satellite Systems got 1.25 million from ARPA-E to fund further development of Sam Cohen's PFRC. This is good news, since despite some impressive progress over the years, the PFRC has always been a bit of a stepchild at PPPL with just enough funding to keep the lights on.
http://www.psatellite.com/arpa-e-award- ... ion-power/

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